take sb/sth out
slang— phrasal verb with take uk/teɪk/us/teɪk/verb took, taken
to kill someone or destroy something:
The soldiers said that they were trying to take out the snipers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- be sacrificed on the altar of sth idiom
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- fall in
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stave sth in
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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